138

Λυκούργος (fr. 28)

means ‘Thracian’ (note that Lycurgus [see Introduction above] is from Thrace);
cf. Stromberg 1943. 85-6 for this and similar formations.
3 ψητταρίοις A flatfish resembling sole or flounder; cf. fr. 42.51; Antiph.
fr. 130.7; Alex. fr. 115.13 with Arnott 1996 ad loc.·, Olson-Sens 2000 on Archestr.
fr. 33 (SH163) (where it seems to be a bigger fish than here); Olson-Sens 1999
on Matro fr. 1.27 (SH534); Thompson 1947. 294-5; Micha-Lampaki 1984 74. The
psitta is apparently one of the smaller flatfish (Hsch. ψ 156; Suda ψ 78; cf. Ael.
NA 14.3; Opp. H. 1.102-5) and relatively common. For diminutives in -αριον,
cf. Ar. fr. 92 (Arist. Rh. 1405b28); Arnott 1996 on Alex. fr. 144. Starkie 1909 on
Ar. Ach. 517 provides examples from comedy other than Ar. (pp. Iv-lvi for Ar.).
καριδίων For shrimp, see on fr. 23.
4 σκινδαρίοις This otherwise unknown fish is mentioned only here;
possibly the word is corrupt. Thompson 1947. 243 understood it as a diminutive
of σκινίς, but see Chantraine 1968-1980 s. v. (note that the article by Taillardat
referred to as forthcoming in RP seems never to have appeared). The context
suggests that the skindarion was most likely small and relatively inexpensive.
κωβιδίων The goby, another small and relatively inexpensive fish; cf.
Alex. fr. 115.13 (together with psitta, shrimp, and perch) with Arnott 1996 ad
loc.·, Macho 31 with Gow 1965 ad loc.·, Thompson 1947.137-9; Micha-Lampaki
1984. 91-2.